Kindless Philosophy

Adolescence and Youth identity Cognitive psychology considers the human adolescent period to be truly important. The human brain becomes stable after adolescence, but the synaptic network strengthens or dies depending on learning and experience. This process is called ‘pruning’. About half of the synapses formed in early childhood are pruned during adolescence. This highlights how important the influence of the environment is in the process of human development. It means, it would not be an exaggeration to say that education during adolescence determines almost everything about one's future life. From Aristotle's virtue theory, a happy human life lies in “unity of virtue and action.” Even adolescents can enjoy a happy life. This kind of happy life should be based on the harmony of purpose and means at that period.  ‘Education’; the flesh of the world “ou si tout rapport de moi à l'Être jusque dans la vision, jusque dans la parole, n'est pas un rapport charnel, avec la c...

 Avoiding some of the Consequences of Streaming The advantage of mixed ability grouping is that it provides direct instruction to every individual student. The problem with standardized education is that students may not be able to keep up with classes, and in the worst case, they may unintentionally fall into a lower group.(ibid., 15) The world horizon of teachers, students, and education “Percevoir, c'est se rendre présent quelque chose à l'aide du corps, la chose ayant toujours sa place dans un horizon de monde, et le déchiffrement consistant à remplacer chaque détail dans les horizons perceptifs qui lui conviennent. Mais de telles formules sont autant d'énigmes, à moins qu'on ne les rapproche des développements concrets qu'elles résument.” (M. Merleau-ponty, PP , 104) The horizon of the world is revealed through perception. The horizon is the place where experience and knowledge meet and phenomena are formed.  Phenomenological horizon of body-subject Merleau-Pon...

The ‘Mixed Ability group’ focuses on discovering each student’s individuality, uniqueness, and potential. Of course, ‘potential’ must take into account an individual’s genetic limitations. However, in this ‘mixed ability grouping’, it can be maximized through equalization of environmental factors. And above all, the role of the teacher is important, and the role of the teacher in this grouping must take into account the principle of ‘equality’. This is because it cannot be concluded that students with low immediate achievement levels do not have potential.(Ibid., 9) This means the ‘principle of equality’ or ‘egalitarianism’ also means ‘equality of opportunity.’ Just because a country in the Western world has a Christian worldview, it obviously has no right to refuse entry to immigrants from the Islamic world or Eastern third countries. The Rationale “In this chapter we shall be concerned to articulate and comment on what we see as the central arguments used by teachers and others in ed...

 “The book has a second and complementary purpose which is linked to its appearance in this series of Introductory Studies in Philosophy of Education. We hope that it will serve to illustrate the kind of contribution which philosophy of education can make to the examination of a practical educational problem. In this sense it may usefully serve as an introduction to philosophy of education. With this in mind we have tried to avoid or explain any particularly technical terms and have not assumed any special familiarity with the philosophical literature.” ( Routledge Library Editions: Philosophy of Education , 2017, xii) This is a general introduction to educational philosophy. Before approaching educational philosophy, let’s look at simple concepts first. First, learning is the acquisition or change of knowledge, skills, attitudes, or values ​​​​through personal experience. This can be self-directed or it can occur in a formal educational setting. Learning something means that it h...